2023-06-18 21:22:10
Jimmy Butler has used these years to successfully prove that he has the ability to dispute with teammates and team executives, but he is not capable of being selected for the first team of the year, nor can he be qualified for the core position of the championship team.
The one thing I’d never wear is … “a Miami Heat jersey”.
– Jimmy Butler, 2013.
In the 2019 offseason, the 29-year-old Jimmy Butler joined the Miami Heat by signing first and then exchanging a four-year maximum salary contract. In the previous three seasons, he played for the Chicago Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Philadelphia 76ers. There were rumors of discord and disputes with teammates or team management, and none of them escaped.
Nick Wright, the well-known host of the program First Things First, which is affiliated with Fox Sports Media Group, pointed out in early July 2019, “On a basketball sight of things, Jimmy Butler believes what Kawhi Leonard just did, he can do. And he wants to go do it in Miami. Jimmy Butler wanted his own team.”. (Note: Kawhi Leonard led the Toronto Raptors to defeat the Golden State Warriors 4-2 in the 2019 NBA Playoffs to win the season championship)
Heat Nation writer Jonathan Sherman even wrote a column titled “Jimmy Butler Believes He Can Lead Miami Heat to Championship Next Season”.
Time flies, four years are fleeting, Jimmy Butler is thirty-three years old at the end of the peak of the average star, and he still hasn’t fulfilled the idea of the year. Among them, 2021 Playoffs averaged 14.5 points and 2.3 turnovers with 29.7% field goal percentage (16 shots per game) and 26.7% three-point field goal percentage (3.75 shots per game), Win Share (WS) and Box Plus/ Minus (BPM) is negative, Value Over Replacement Player (VORP) is 0, and TS% is only 0.394.
Even though Kawhi Leonard has not played 60 games in the past four seasons, frequent injuries in the playoffs made him unable to lead the team to win the championship again, and the gap between himself and Jimmy Butler’s ability to lead the team continued to widen, but the latter is still Not to mention that the relatively young Kawhi Leonard, who is only 31 years old, has been selected to the NBA’s first team for three times, the NBA’s first defensive team for three times, and the NBA’s defensive player of the year for two times. None of these achievements were earned by Jimmy Butler.
Jimmy Butler has used these years to successfully prove that he has the ability to dispute with teammates and team executives, but he is not capable of being selected for the first team of the year, nor can he be qualified for the core position of the championship team.
And unlike the 2020 NBA bio-secure bubble Finals, which led the team to a 2-2 draw in the first four games and was eliminated by the Los Angeles Lakers in the sixth game, Jimmy Butler not only lost all at home in the 2023 NBA Finals, but also lost Game 5. In the final battle, only 5 hits were made in 18 shots.
Even with 3 minutes and 21 seconds left in the final quarter, Jimmy Butler kicked defender Aaron Gordon’s lower body with his right foot from outside the corner three-point line, and the referee still whistled for a defensive foul when the two had no other physical contact. The former got three free throw opportunities to allow the team to catch up with the score; NBA Official Last Two Minute Report also pointed out that Jimmy Butler had two Loose Ball Fouls against Aaron Gordon in the last two minutes. At three seconds, Butler clamps and holds Gordon’s arm, which affects his pursuit of the rebound, and at forty-eight seconds, Butler uses both hands to clamp and hold Gordon’s left arm, which affects his ability to bring two hands to the loose ball for his putback shot attempt.
However, with 29 seconds left and the Miami Heat trailing by 89-90, Jimmy Butler cut into the lane with the ball but stopped and turned around for a poor pass. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope made an easy interception to make this The wave of key offenses ended with mistakes, and the next wave of offense Jimmy Butler chose a turnaround bank shot and failed to make a three-pointer, making the game even more suspenseful.
After losing this year’s championship with a 20% winning percentage, Jimmy Butler said in the post-match press conference: “I still believe with everything in me that we will [win a championship]… I’m grateful that we made it here. We came up short, but I’m blessed. I’m blessed.” I am very grateful. Although I failed in the end, I was blessed and lucky.)
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